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phpMyAdmin -- XSRF and man-in-the-middle vulnerabilities

Affected packages
4.4.0 <= phpMyAdmin < 4.4.6.1

Details

VuXML ID c6e31869-f99f-11e4-9f91-6805ca0b3d42
Discovery 2015-05-13
Entry 2015-05-13

The phpMyAdmin development team reports:

XSRF/CSRF vulnerability in phpMyAdmin setup.

By deceiving a user to click on a crafted URL, it is possible to alter the configuration file being generated with phpMyAdmin setup.

This vulnerability only affects the configuration file generation process and does not affect the effective configuration file. Moreover, the configuration file being generated is at risk only during the period when it's writable.

Vulnerability allowing man-in-the-middle attack on API call to GitHub.

A vulnerability in the API call to GitHub can be exploited to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.

We consider this vulnerability to be serious.

References

CVE Name CVE-2015-3902
CVE Name CVE-2015-3903
URL http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2015-2.php
URL http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2015-3.php